Broader Terms: ANIMALS; ASIA; BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; BURNS; EXPLOSIONS; INJURIES; ISLANDS; ISOTOPES; JAPAN; LOCAL RADIATION EFFECTS; MAMMALS; POPULATIONS; PRIMATES; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; VERTEBRATES; WEAPONS Subject Categories: 560151* INIS Subject Categories: C15* -- Radiation Effects on Animals -- Man -- Effects of External Radiation on Man 10/5/967 (Item 667 from file: 103) 00296089 ERA-02-057437; NTS-77-000071; INS-77-016461; EDB-77-134498 Author(s): Robison, W.L.; Phillips, W.A.; Colsher, C.S. ’ Title: Dose assessment at Bikini Atoll (/sup 90/Sr, /sup 137/Cs) Corporate Source: Lab. Publication Date: California Univ., 8 Jun 1977 Livermore (USA). Lawrence Livermore p 51 Report Number(s): UCRL-51879(Pt.5) Contract Number (DOE): W-7405-ENG-48 Document Type: Report Language: English Journal Announcement: EDB7710 Availability: Dep. NTIS, PC A04/MF AOQl. Subfile: INS (US Atomindex input); NTS (NTIS); Abstracts); TIC (Technical Information Center). ERA (Energy Research Country of Origin: United States Country of Publication: United States Abstract: Bikini Atoll is one of two sites in the northern Marshall Islands that was used by the United States as testing grounds for the nuclear weapons program from 1946.to 1958. In 1969 a general cleanup began at Bikini Atoll. Subsistence crops, coconut and Pandanus fruit, were planted on Bikini and Eneu Islands, and housing was constructed on Bikini Island. A second phase of housing was planned for the interior of Bikini Island. Preliminary data indicated that external gamma doses in the interior of the island might be higher than in other parts of the island. Therefore, to select a second site for housing on the island with minimum external exposure, a survey of Bikini Atoll was conducted in June 1975. External gamma measurements were made on Bikini and Eneu Islands, and soil and vegetations samples collected to evaluate the potential doses via terrestrial food chains and inhalation. Estimates of potential dose via the marine food chain were based upon data collected on previous trips to the atoll. The terrestrial pathway contributes the greater percentage, external gamma exposure contributes the next highest, and inhalation and marine pathways contribute minor fractions of the total whole body and bone marrow doses. The radionuclides contributing the major fraction of the dose are /sup 90/Sr and /sup 137/Cs. All living patterns involving Bikini Island exceed federal guidelines for 30-yr population doses. The Eneu Island living pattern leads to doses that are slightly less than federal guidelines. All patterns evaluated for Bikini Atoll lead to higher doses than those on the southern islands at Enewetak Atoll.; ; ISLANDS; ISOTOPES; MARSHALL ISLANDS; MONITORING; NUCLEI; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; POPULATIONS; RADIATIONS; RADIOCISOTOPES; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES; RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS; STRONTIUM ISOTOPES; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES Subject Categories: 560161* Toxicology -- Man 560163 -- Radionuclide Effects, -- Radionuclide Effects-Internal Kinetics, Source -- Plants INIS Subject Categories: C21* -- Tissue Distribution, Toxicology & Removal of Radionuclides -- & (-1987) Metabolism, S00 40 Major Descriptors: *BIKINI -- RADIATION MONITORING; *HUMAN POPULATIONS -RADIATION MONITORING; *PLANTS -- RADIATION MONITORING; *SOILS -RADIATION MONITORING Descriptors: CESIUM 137; CROPS; FOOD CHAINS; GAMMA RADIATION; HOUSES; INHALATION; MARSHALL ISLANDS; RADIATION DOSES; STRONTIUM 90 Broader Terms: ALKALI METAL ISOTOPES; ALKALINE EARTH ISOTOPES; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BIOMASS; BUILDINGS; CESIUM ISOTOPES; DOSES; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ENERGY SOURCES; Cc EVEN-~EVEN NUCLEI; INTAKE; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; IONIZING RADIATIONSr—